Installation details [RE-wrenches]

[matthew tritt]

Graham,

Sorry if you thought I was inferring something about your involvement, I
wasn't. The "stealing" of water was in quotes because of the regional points
of view on this issue. Hopefully the removal of water from a natural
eco-system (which will deplete the amount of fresh water reaching the
inter-tidal zone) won't be seen a political issue. It's actually a bio-issue
unless it becomes politicized. I can tell you that the people in the area
involved are not happy about the prospect.

There are lots of good photos in the link you sent! To the best of my
knowledge,  they are using SunnyBoys because of my telling them about the
advantages of using them in their projects. Also, obviously, Sunny Islands
won't work in this kind of system unless there are batteries! What was I
doing writing before the coffee kicked-in?

Matt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Graham Owen" <graham at solarexpert.com>
To: <RE-wrenches at topica.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 11:14 AM
Subject: RE: Installation details [RE-wrenches]


> Matt,
>
> I don't know anything about the parent company or the politics, or
> stealing water. I just thought there were a lot of interesting pages and
> pictures of a PV installation.  I have nothing to do with this job. If
> you click on "next" at the top of a page there are many more pages to
> check out.  This system does use Sunny Boy's
> http://www.worldwater.com/locke/11-15-2002.htm
>
> Graham
>
>
> matthew tritt wrote:
> > Graham,
> >
> > I was to be the California installer for World Water, but somehow got
> > by-passed for a larger company of some kind. (I assume that's the Locke
> > connection?) It's actually all right with me, as they are reportedly
> > involved in "stealing" water from a river in Northern California, for
> > the
> > purpose of selling it to Southern California. I've got problems with
> > this.
> > (The parent company of World Water is doing this project.
> >
> > Their system includes, primarily, an inverter and an in-house designed
> > pump
> > control and inter-face with utility power. The advantage to this system
> > is
> > that it will run the pump load with PV and/or utility power, and act as
> > a
> > net metered inter-connection. The advantage with this design is that it
> > can
> > run pumps when the grid is down. I don't see why a Sunny Island and
> > SunnyBoy
> > system wouldn't accomplish the same thing.
> > John, any thoughts?
> >
> > These people are very aggressive marketing-wise, and have some very
> > powerful
> > members on their board. They are very active in the third world in
> > developing water sources using solar/utility power. I believe that the
> > World
> > Bank is somehow involved. Something about all of it concerns me a great
> > deal, which is the growing trend to "privatize" water, especially in
> > under-developed countries.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Graham Owen" <graham at solarexpert.com>
> > To: <RE-wrenches at topica.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 9:40 AM
> > Subject: Installation details [RE-wrenches]
> >
> >
> > > I thought this website link was worth forwarding.  They have many
pages
> > > of photo's and text detailing their PV current project.
> > >
> > > http://www.worldwater.com/locke/11-19-2002.htm
> > >
> > > Graham
> > >
> > >
> > >
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